OMERS Life Sciences

Venture Capital

Pharmaceutical royalty and non-dilutive financing arm of OMERS pension plan, providing royalty monetizations to biopharma companies since 2016.

OMERS Life Sciences was founded in 2016, is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, has 2 recorded investments, and includes 2 companies in its recorded portfolio.

Growth
Late Stage
Biotech
Life Sciences
Headquarters
Toronto, Canada
Founded
2016
Website
omers.com
AUM
$3.0B
Portfolio Companies
2
Total Investments
2
Last Investment
Sep 2025
Geographic Focus
Canada, Europe, Global, United States

Indexed holds 2 portfolio companies and 2 funding rounds for this investor. The full record is or through the API.

Investment Thesis

Deploys permanent pension capital into pharmaceutical royalty streams and non-dilutive structured financings for commercial-stage biopharma assets, leveraging lower cost of capital than fund-structured peers.

OMERS Life Sciences is a Venture Capital firm based in Toronto, Canada. It was founded in 2016. It has made 2 investments, including Verona Pharma and ARS Pharmaceuticals. Focus areas include Biotech and Life Sciences.

Portfolio2

Co-investors11

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Venture Capital ×7 · Hedge Fund ×2 · Private Equity ×1 · 2 shared rounds

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